Vanessa Hudgens
Acting
1988-12-14 · Salinas, California, USA
Vanessa Anne Hudgens (born December 14, 1988) is an American actress and singer. After making her feature film debut in Thirteen (2003), Hudgens rose to fame portraying Gabriella Montez in the High School Musical film series (2006–2008), which brought her significant mainstream media success. The success of the first film led Hudgens to acquire a recording contract with Hollywood Records, with whom she released two studio albums, V (2006) and Identified (2008). Since the release of her studio albums and the High School Musical franchise, Hudgens has focused on her acting career. She appeared in the films Bandslam (2009), Beastly, Sucker Punch (both 2011), Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Spring Breakers (both 2012), Second Act (2018), Bad Boys for Life (2020), and Tick, Tick...Boom! (2021). She starred in the Netflix Christmas movies The Princess Switch (2018) and its sequels (2020 and 2021) and The Knight Before Christmas (2019), and co-produced the latter three. Hudgens played the role of Emily Locke in the NBC series Powerless (2017). She also played the title role in the Broadway musical Gigi (2015) and had roles in two of Fox's live musical productions: Rizzo in Grease: Live (2016) and Maureen Johnson in Rent: Live (2019). In 2022, Hudgens co-hosted the Met Gala in Manhattan.
Filmography
America
2026 · Movie
Disney Legends Award Ceremony
2024 · Series
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
2024 · Movie
French Girl
2024 · Movie
Fright Krewe
2023 · Series
Downtown Owl
2023 · Movie
Dead Hot
2023 · Movie
Rennervations
2023 · Series
Haunted House: Trick-VR-Treat
2022 · Movie
Entergalactic
2022 · Movie
Asking For It
2022 · Movie
Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!
2022 · Movie
The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star
2021 · Movie
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021 · Movie
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3
2021 · Movie
My Little Pony: A New Generation
2021 · Movie
The Princess Switch: Switched Again
2020 · Movie
Earth to Ned
2020 · Series
Thanks a Million
2020 · Series
Bad Boys for Life
2020 · Movie
The Knight Before Christmas
2019 · Movie
31 Nights of Halloween Fan Fest
2019 · Movie
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Series
Rent
2019 · Movie
Polar
2019 · Movie
Second Act
2018 · Movie
Busy Tonight
2018 · Series
The Princess Switch
2018 · Movie
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
2018 · Movie
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018 · Series
Dog Days
2018 · Movie
Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine
2017 · Movie
Drop the Mic
2017 · Series
Powerless
2017 · Series
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula
2016 · Series
Grease Live
2016 · Movie
High School Musical: 10th Anniversary
2016 · Movie
Freaks of Nature
2015 · Movie
#15SecondScare
2015 · Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Series
Hot Ones
2015 · Series
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
2014 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Series
Choose You
2013 · Movie
Gimme Shelter
2013 · Movie
Machete Kills
2013 · Movie
The Frozen Ground
2013 · Movie
Spring Breakers
2013 · Movie
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
2013 · Movie
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012 · Series
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
2012 · Movie
Sucker Punch
2011 · Movie
OK! TV
2011 · Series
Beastly
2011 · Movie
Conan
2010 · Series
Bandslam
2009 · Movie
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Series
Zac Efron's Pool Party
2009 · Movie
High School Musical 3: Making of a Musical
2008 · Movie
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
2008 · Movie
High School Musical: Get in the Picture
2008 · Series
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
2007 · Movie
High School Musical 2
2007 · Movie
High School Musical: The Concert
2007 · Movie
El hormiguero
2006 · Series
Disney Channel Games
2006 · Series
High School Musical Dance-Along
2006 · Movie
High School Musical
2006 · Movie
The Tyra Banks Show
2005 · Series
So You Think You Can Dance
2005 · Series
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
2005 · Series
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
2004 · Movie
Thunderbirds
2004 · Movie
Quintuplets
2004 · Series
Drake & Josh
2004 · Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Series
Thirteen
2003 · Movie
Punk'd
2003 · Series
Still Standing
2002 · Series
Robbery Homicide Division
2002 · Series
The Brothers García
2000 · Series
Teen Choice Awards
1999 · Series
The View
1997 · Series
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992 · Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Series
Kids' Choice Awards
1987 · Series
MTV Video Music Awards
1984 · Series
Christmas in Washington
1982 · Series
People's Choice Awards
1975 · Series
The Oscars
1953 · Series
Quiet Storm
Movie
The Awakening
Movie
Mini War
Movie
Full Moon Retreat
Movie
The Black Kaiser
Movie
Big Rig
Movie